Centre national de la danse: call for papers & participation
Bringing together the experiences, backgrounds and knowledge(s) of dancers and researchers, this conference aims to gather and produce scholarship on hip-hop1 dances, in their various forms and transformations, and through their circulations, influences, tensions and developments over the past five decades.
Since the emergence of hip-hop in the Bronx in the 1970’s, references to “knowledge” have been at the heart of the movement. Hip-hop dances offer a unique opportunity to examine this notion and its multiple manifestations, negotiations, legitimations and contestations. This conference invites a wide range of perspectives with different disciplinary approaches, and taking into account the diversity of cultural emplacements and of the historical, economic, political and artistic contexts in which hip-hop dances thrive.
How to participate?
The call for papers is open to artists, practitioners, researchers, doctoral students and young PhDs, educators and other professionals.
The conference will be held in French and English, and on-site translation will be provided (other possible languages may be added on a case-by-case basis, please contact us : colloque2025@cnd.fr).
Different formats are possible
1. Oral presentation (20 min. presentation, then 15 min. discussion)
2. Performative/participative format : lecture-performance, collective practice or other creative formats (30 to 40 min.)
3. Interdisciplinary panels : artists, educators, practitioners, academics, etc. (between 1 hour and 1 hour 30 minutes for 3 to 6 speakers)
4. Audiovisual creation (1 hour maximum)
5. Dialogue around a performance with critical and theoretical discussion (1 hour maximum)
Digital formats or innovative digital tools that creatively reverberate with these different modalities are also welcome.
Proposals submission (FR / EN) before 3.03.2025 to the following email address : colloque2025@cnd.fr
They should mention
— the surname, first name, affiliation(s) and electronic contact details of the author(s)
— the title of the proposal
— the format chosen and the axis to which it is linked
— a written proposal of approximately 3000 characters (including spaces), or an audio proposal (mp3) of a maximum duration of 5 minutes
— a written biographical note of approximately 1000 characters (spaces included) or an audio biographical note (mp3) of a maximum duration of 3 minutes
Financial support will be awarded to speakers at the conference (excluding tenured academics). Assistance with travel and accommodation costs may also be offered on a case-by-case basis, with priority given to candidates who do not benefit from institutional support.
Selection of candidates and results of the call
1.04.2025
